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Screening U.S. College Athletes for Their Sickle Cell Disease Carrier Status
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2011)
  • Lanetta B. Jordan, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Memorial Healthcare System
  • Kim Smith-Whitley, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Marsha Treadwell, Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland
  • Joseph Telfair, Georgia Southern University
  • Althea M. Grant, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
  • Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children
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Abstract
There are many issues surrounding the screening of collegiate athletes for their sickle cell disease carrier status (or sickle cell trait), a genetic condition. This paper summarizes the establishment of expert advice given to the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (SACHDNC) on the issue. The SACHDNC has developed a report to advise the Secretary of the USDHHS about the 2010 rule of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requiring testing for sickle cell trait in all incoming Division I student athletes. The SACHDNC does not support the NCAA's rule to screen collegiate athletes for sickle cell trait.
Keywords
  • College athletes,
  • Health screenings,
  • Sickle cell disease,
  • Carrier,
  • Disorders
Disciplines
Publication Date
December, 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.amepre.2011.09.014
Citation Information
Lanetta B. Jordan, Kim Smith-Whitley, Marsha Treadwell, Joseph Telfair, et al.. "Screening U.S. College Athletes for Their Sickle Cell Disease Carrier Status" American Journal of Preventive Medicine Vol. 41 Iss. 6 (2011) p. S406 - S412
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